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B-196-1
Respected friend having seen thee & heard considerable of thee & thy dear
Companion & the improvements that are made & makeing am willing
to address thee by way of a few lines wishing Grace mercy & Peace
to abound & be with you in your new & remote settlement seve=
=ral of the inhabitants being such as I have had considerable
acquaintance with & hearing of more being likely to go
all which I wish to be as inhabitants of a City set on a hill
who mya not nor desire to be unprofitably hid but that works
of Righteousness & true peace may abound be a Blessing to
those that profess the Truth & by being in possession of it
may be a Blessing to those that are with you & round abought your
little new begun Village & if you are favoured with a meeting
oh! that it may be kept up in the authority of the Truth
some of our Beloved friends ware appointed at our monthly
Meeting to pay you a Visit I wish it may be of use but
let us remember it is not all Gold that glistens.--one thing
I believe might be of Great & Good account a house of
Entertainment kept in good order by suitable persons
fearing God & hateing covetousness not keeping & seling
Spirituous liquor for unriteous gain. I was pleased
to hear of thy desire to sow a quantity of white cloverseed
believing a number of people do not know the value of
it altho I do not expect to be able to furnish thee with
much but what I reasonably can I shall be pleased in do=
=ing it & haveing a trifle mean to send it by our friends
Joseph & Mary Jones if they git along & hearing by my son
in law Elius Marsh of hops being wanted my wife means
to send all her store as she expects the new may do for
one broom, with love to thee & wife with all friends in thy
freedom conclude thy poor unworthy friend Benjn Townsend
new garden 2d of 8th mo 1812

B-196-1
Respected friend having seen thee & heard considerable of thee & thy dear
Companion & the improvements that are made & makeing am willing
to address thee by way of a few lines wishing Grace mercy & Peace
to abound & be with you in your new & remote settlement seve=
=ral of the inhabitants being such as I have had considerable
acquaintance with & hearing of more being likely to go
all which I wish to be as inhabitants of a City set on a hill
who mya not nor desire to be unprofitably hid but that works
of Righteousness & true peace may abound be a Blessing to
those that profess the Truth & by being in possession of it
may be a Blessing to those that are with you & round abought your
little new begun Village & if you are favoured with a meeting
oh! that it may be kept up in the authority of the Truth
some of our Beloved friends ware appointed at our monthly
Meeting to pay you a Visit I wish it may be of use but
let us remember it is not all Gold that glistens.--one thing
I believe might be of Great & Good account a house of
Entertainment kept in good order by suitable persons
fearing God & hateing covetousness not keeping & seling
Spirituous liquor for unriteous gain. I was pleased
to hear of thy desire to sow a quantity of white cloverseed
believing a number of people do not know the value of
it altho I do not expect to be able to furnish thee with
much but what I reasonably can I shall be pleased in do=
=ing it & haveing a trifle mean to send it by our friends
Joseph & Mary Jones if they git along & hearing by my son
in law Elius Marsh of hops being wanted my wife means
to send all her store as she expects the new may do for
one broom, with love to thee & wife with all friends in thy
freedom conclude thy poor unworthy friend Benjn Townsend
new garden 2d of 8th mo 1812